The Friendly Silvery Hornworm

The Friendly Silvery Hornworm 

Dr Abe V Rotor

Green Hornworm, caterpillar of the tobacco moth, Manduca sexta,

A farmhand I was a child, and I remember,

my friends in nature i treated with pride;

flying, crawling in the ambiance of summer;

and I would playfully give them a ride.

 

 Silvery tobacco hornworm glistens with waning sunlight.

You glisten like metal in camouflage, 

feigning dead, wittingly hard to judge.

* Green horned caterpillar moth, Manduca sexta, commonly known as tobacco hornworm. It is related to the tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata.